Disposable tweezers with built-in illumination source for personal hygiene, cosmetic and medical applications

ABSTRACT

Seezers is a system combining standard stainless steel tweezers, a white LED, and an enveloping coating to completely seal all wiring and power sources from external exposure. The use of a white LED to aid in the removal process of foreign objects from human skin is unique and the primary distinguishing characteristic of Seezers. Seezers exterior protective coating is designed to accommodate a variety of colored dyes and machine textures for user customization.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

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FIELD OF INVENTION

[0004] The invention, disposable tweezers with built-in illuminationsource for personal hygiene, cosmetic and medical application, isrelevant to and intended by and expected by its inventor to be fullyutilized within the current and future fields of personal hygienemanagement, commercial cosmetic application and preparation and a widerange of medical fields including, but not limited to surgery and basicfirst aid implementation

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The invention, disposable tweezers with built-in illuminationsource for personal hygiene, Cosmetic and medical application, combinesthe utility of a specially-gripped tweezers with a high-powerillumination system to allow the user to clearly see any object beingremoved or placed by the gripping tips of the tweezers. The inclusion ofthe illumination system solves the problem of not being able to clearlysee objects being manipulated with the invention. The inclusion of theillumination system allows users with poor eyesight to more clearlyidentify areas of skin for removal or placement of objects. The primaryobjective of the invention is to allow the clear removal or placement ofobjects primarily in or on the skin.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

[0006]FIG. 1—Side cross section view of invention illustrating internalmaterials

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The invention, disposable tweezers with built-in illuminationsource for personal hygiene, cosmetic and medical application, consistsof two systems, the Illumination System and the Insulating System. TheIllumination System consists of (1) insulated copper electrical wiring,(2) one white LED, (3) two small watch or calculator batteries and (4) athumb switch for turning on and off the LED. The Gripping Systemconsists of a rubber coating which covers the entire invention exceptfor the LED, on/off switch, and the tips of the tweezers, themselves.The Illumination System is ally housed and contained within theInsulating System such that no part of the Illumination System can beaccessed without partial or full destruction of the invention, with thesole exception of the thumb switch for turning on and off the LED. TheLED is mounted underneath the upper tweezer arm, The thumb switch forturning on and off the light bulbs is located on the upper pincer-likearm approximately two inches from the tip of the pincer-like arm. Thewatch/calculator batteries are located directly under the thumb switch.The insulated copper electrical wiring runs the length of upperpincer-like arm from the thumb switch to the LED.

[0008] The Insulating System is made from rubber coating that shrinks asit cools to encase the invention excluding the LED and the tips of thetweezer arms.

[0009] The thumb switch allows the user to (at will) engage anddisengage the illumination source (LED) as necessary. The invention isdesigned and intended to be disposable so as to increase the level ofpersonal hygiene and meet medical sterility requirements.

1. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held and hand-operatedinstrument for removing or placing an infinite variety of objects andmaterials from and/or onto human skin or any other relevant surface ormaterial.
 2. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held andhand-operated instrument made of steel partially sealed within a rubbercoating so as to render it inoperable should the instrument be forcedopen.
 3. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held and hand-operatedinstrument resembling a common set of tweezers covered in a rubbercoating.
 4. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held andhand-operated instrument resembling a common pair of tweezers with onesingle white LED mounted between the upper and lower tweezer armsapproximately 1 inch from the tweezer tips.
 5. What I claim as myinvention is a hand-held and hand-operated instrument resembling acommon pair of tweezers which has a common thumb-operated electricalswitch located on the end of the twezer boated where the tweezer armsjoin together.
 6. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held andhand-operated instrument resembling a common pair of tweezers withpincer tips shaped into a combination of flat tipped and needle-nosetipped ends to afford the benefits of both designs for gripping andpulling capabilities.
 7. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held andhand-operated instrument resembling a common pair of tweezers whichcontains an internal power source of five hearing aid batteries used tooperate the single white LED whose power source is connected to the LEDand thumb-operated electrical switch by insulated copper electrical wireand whose entire illumination system and power source and encasedcompletely in a rubber coating.
 8. What I claim as my invention is ahand-held and hand-operated instrument resembling a common pair oftweezers whose entire unit, except for the illumination system and powersource, is made of steel partially covered in a rubber coating designedto remain closed to the environment to make the instrument disposable.9. What I claim as my invention is a hand-held and hand-operatedinstrument resembling a common pair of tweezers whose entire unit,except for the illumination system and power source, is made ofhigh-impact plastic designed to be capable of being covered with avariety of colors so as to allow for aesthetic variations for marketingpurposes only.